From 1885 until his death in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison and his family wintered in the sleepy Gulf Coast town of Fort Myers, south of Tampa. This book presents the story of his professional and leisure time while on holiday. It reveals how the Edisons' legacy influenced women's history, environmental history, black history, and Florida history.

"The Florida Life of Thomas Edison" reveals how the Edisons' legacy influenced women's history, environmental history, black history, and Florida history.This book helps readers spend time with some of Florida's most famous snowbirds.